One Year, One Pandemic, One Community A Visual Journey Through A Confined, Shared Existence Few will argue that the Covid-19 pandemic was a international story of epic proportions. But I’m one of them. As a photographer, I saw Covid as the most local crisis of my career, albeit one that every community, every…
Black Lives Matter Finds Love & Support In LA’s Mostly White Suburbs Photographs & Text by Todd Bigelow/Contact As the BLM movement reaches new heights, several national media outlets have taken notice of a substantial difference from previous Black Lives Matters support: White suburbia is joining in. “As crowds have surged through American cities…
With the Covid lockdown mandated in March, 2020, I immediately began photographing Erin and her two kids as they navigated a new pandemic life. Like so many others, their lives were severely disrupted. Erin’s two, socially gregarious kids were suddenly isolated with one another and attending school on Zoom from their suburban home. PE was…
The New Underground Economy LA’s ‘Safer At Home’ Order’ Gave Birth To A New Economy Where Businesses Secretly Stayed Open To Avert Financial Disaster Photo Essay & Reporting by Todd Bigelow/Contact Press Images Published by Politico Los Angeles’ “Safer At Home” order was thrust to the center of national politics when the Department…
Life Under The Coronavirus Lockdown: A Neighborhood Portrait Published by NBC News As a photojournalist, I’ve covered disasters and conflicts around the world, yet never have I seen a disaster where everyone worldwide is simultaneously facing the same situation. People everywhere are socially isolated in an attempt to slow a terrorizing virus. As…